PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Oliver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Mendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mendez is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Big Pun-Dream Shatterer. The key to victory for Carlos Oliver has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Oliver
vs
Mendez

188 cm
18
172 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
180 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Carlos Oliver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Edward Mendez!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliver will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Oliver scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Oliver tests Mendez's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Oliver gets caught flat footed, as Mendez shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Mendez thows a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mendez won't allow Oliver to get back to his feet.
Oliver avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mendez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mendez lands a couple of elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mendez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Mendez chips away with some ground and pound.
Mendez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Oliver preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mendez won't allow Oliver to get back to his feet.
Oliver is breathing heavily.
Mendez stands up over Oliver, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Mendez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mendez distracts Oliver with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliver has momentary wrist control but Mendez slips an elbow through the middle.
Mendez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mendez chips away with some ground and pound.
Mendez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mendez postures up and lands a big shot to Oliver's brow.
Mendez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Oliver is rocked!
Mendez landing with the ground and pound.
Oh Oliver is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mendez works over Oliver with some ground and pound from guard.
Mendez landing some decent shots from guard.
Oliver knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mendez on the ground.
Mendez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mendez loads up on a big left hand. Oliver felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Mendez looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Oliver can't hide his disappointment, as Mendez celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Edward Mendez!